Sliding-gate hanger.



H. G. JONES.

SLIDING GATE HANGER.

APPLICATION r1150 MAY19.19I6.

1,218,869. Patented Mar, 13, 1917.

HUGH aromas, or GLEN, COLORADO.

SLIDING-GATE HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patent ed Mar. 13, 1917.

Application filed May 19, 1916. Serial No. 98,629.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH G. JONES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Glen, in the county of Washington, State of Colorado, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Sliding-Gate Hangers;-

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a sliding gate hanger.

An object of the invention resides in the provision of an improveddevice by means of which a gate may be slidably and hingedly mounted sothat the gate may be slid so as to be supported at an intermediate pointbefore it is swung about its hinge.

A further object of the invention resides in so constructing the devicethat it may be applied to a gate when the latter is being built or sothat it may be readily applied to a gate which has been previouslybuilt.

With these and other objects in view, such as will appear as mydescription progresses, my invention comprises the combination andarrangement of parts as set forth in and falling within the scope of theappended claim.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of a device I constructed in accordancewith my invention showing the same supporting a gate, only a portion ofthe latter belng shown however;

Fig. 2 is a similar view taken at right angles to Fig. 1, the gate beingshown in section, and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail showing the manner in which the side guidebars are mounted.

In the drawing, I have illustrated a gate post 1 and a gate whichcomprises a plurality of horizontal boards 2. In order that this gatemay be supported slidably and hingedly on the post 1, I have secured abracket 3 to the post by means of suitable fasteners 4, which bracket isprovided with a pair of horizontally extending spaced arms 5 havingholes in the ends thereof. Extending through the holes in these arms 5are bolts 6 on which plates 7 are mounted, which plates are held inspaced relation to the arms by collars or washers 8. A pair of spacedguide bars 9 extend between these plates 7 and are provided withinwardly turned tongues 10 which bear against the plates and by means ofwhich the guide bars are secured in place. Bolts 11 pass through theplates 7 and the inwardly turned tongues 10 and are removable therefromso that the guide bars may be removed and replaced at will. A roller 12is mounted between the guide bars 9 adjacent to the lower ends thereofand is adapted to support the upper board 2 of the gate. The plates 7and the guide bars 9 are arranged on the bolts 6 so that they may berotated on the same as a vertical pivot. With this arrangement the gatemay be first moved slidably on the roller 12 until it is supported atits middle point, and may then be swung about the bolts 6, as a pivot,to an open position. The advantage of this arrangement is of course thatthe strain on the gate will be relieved inasmuch as it will be supportedat its intermediate point rather than at one end.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a very simple device forsupporting a gate in the manner described, which device is soconstructed that it may be applied to a gate which is already made orapplied to one which is being constructed. Furthermore the device willbe cheap to manufacture and is constructed of few parts so that it willnot readily become inoperative.

While I have illustrated and described a particular embodiment of myinvention, it has merely been for the sake of convenience and I do notwish to be limited to that particular embodiment as it is obvious thatnumerous changes may be made in the details of construction withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention or exceeding the scope of theappended claim.

What I claim is: 7

In a gate hanger, the combination with a bracket having a pair of spacedparallel arms, of plates rotatably mounted on said In testimony whereof,I affix my signature, 1n the presence of two WIT/1165868.

HUGH G. JONES.

arms, Washers for spacing the plates from the arms, guide bars havingtongues engaging the faces of the plates, bolts for removably securingthe guide bars to the plates and a roller mounted between the guide barsand adjacent the lower ends of the same.

Witnesses:

BELLE FINNEY, EDNA D. JONES.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G.

